Yea!! ~ Phillysub & Loved Ones,
1 st (4 month) PSA !!! ~~~ >>> Woo ~ Hoo <<< ~~~ !!! undetectable
Cause for celebration!!!!! Definitely!!!
What a wonderful day it is ~ each and every-day ….
Enjoy it to the fullest.
In Friendship ~ Lee & Buddy
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The ultimate “goal”… we all strive for… Thank you for sharing!
It is very important to “all ”of us! This is a way of positive feedback…
A way of showing others Hope… and a way of Sharing.
J Caring is Sharing ~ Thank You for Sharing J
Phillysub ~ thank you for allowing all of us to walk with you....
Threads started by: Phillysub
02-02-08 I DID IT!! (RALP) Update #1
01-26-08 I DID IT!!!! (RALP)
01-25-08 Catheter Leakage
12-29-07 Enlarged prostate and (post-surgery) incontinence
12-10-07 Need to pick: surgery in Jan or April?
11-18-07 Robotic in Phila area.
To help Newbies…
robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy ( RALP )
laparoscopic radical prostatectomy ( LRP )

first of a lifetime of zerosDx Age 48 Nov 07PRE OPPsa 4.5, Biopsy 2/8 cores positive Gleason 3+3No perineural or lymphovascular invasion in the biopsy specimen. Rushed to RRP without much research- Jan 08

POST OP Geason 3+3 ,10% both lobes, There is perineurial invasionNo extraprostatic spread seen , Seminal vesicles normal,Nerves sparedCancer close to apex but margins clear T2c NXMXIncontinence pretty bad until April 08- suddenly down to 1 pad ED - started cialis once every 2 or 3 days from April but no improvement1st post op Psa <.1 (May 08)

Continence/ErectionsOut of pads at five weeks. Fully continent and can achieve erections.

Post Surgery PSA: Four tests, all <0.1Family history: Great-great grandfather died from PC. My Father had his prostate removed at age 67 in 1997 and has had an undetectable PSA ever since. I was diagnosed at a much earlier age and had a more agressive cancer than my father. Go figure.